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Medical Device Remediation Consulting

 

Regulatory Compliance Associates (RCA) is widely recognized within the life science industry for its ability to help companies successfully resolve complex regulatory challenges, including Quality Compliance challenges. With a proven track record of medical device remediation success, our life science consultant Experts have significant experience developing responses and implementing action plans to 483 Observations, Warning Letters, Untitled Letters and Consent  Decrees.

 

Each consultant understands the difficult demands of remediation services and the time constraints involved with execution.  Our extensive experience makes partnering with Regulatory Compliance Associates a competitive differentiator in the remediation space.

 

Get to Market Sooner With RCA

 

Medical device manufacturers can help medical professionals save lives and improve the quality of life for their patients. But these positive results can only be achieved if they first successfully navigate the regulatory challenges that lie ahead of them on their way to market. This is why the team at Regulatory Compliance Associates, with experts that include former FDA officials and other leaders in the medical device regulatory field, can make a significant difference in the success of companies ranging from startups to international Fortune 100 companies.

 

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RCA can provide needed Medical Device remediation expertise and services in the following key areas:

 

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Medical Device Info Sheet

Medical Device Consultant: Learn About our Experts

Whether you need medical device consultant support with New Product Development, Compliance Assurance, or help to navigate a 483, Warning Letter, or Consent Decree, Regulatory Compliance Associates®  can help. Our medical device consultants have a proven track record of success and can negotiate the potential minefield of medical devices with insight, hindsight, and the clear advantage of our breadth and depth of knowledge and experience.

Our services highlighted in this handout include:

  • Regulatory Support for New Product Development
  • Compliance Assurance
  • Quality Systems
  • Remediation Strategy & Support
  • Strategic Consulting
  • Additional Regulatory Services

The regulatory process surrounding the medical device industry involves a strict adherence to pre/post market compliance throughout a device’s life-cycle. Even a single compliance issue you have can turn into a significant effect on your business. RCA’s medical device consultants can help guide you through any stage of this strategic process, with capabilities during product development through the regulatory clearance/approval of your product.

Our team of over 500 industry experts — including former FDA officials and other leaders in the field of medical device regulation — will work with your company to create a quality assurance and regulatory compliance approach tailored to your products and regulatory needs. RCA works with both international Fortune 100 companies and small local start-ups, as well as law firms requesting remediation for warning letters, 483’s, import bans or consent decrees. We offer expertise in a variety of medical fields, such

 

Cybersecurity

For medical device manufacturers, technology can be a double-edged sword. The innovative technologies that elevate the quality of life for patients can also be used to potentially undermine the organization using the device. The consequences can affect the device itself if we do not implement good IoT cybersecurity and FDA cybersecurity protocols. At Regulatory Compliance Associates Inc.®, we offer a wide variety of services for medical devices security to help ensure that your product is protected from cyber-attacks.

With a well-planned design, along with full visibility of product development and the supply chain, RCA can help strengthen your device’s cybersecurity posture throughout. We partner with medical device companies for the entire life cycle, including from the development of your product to the regulatory submission to your notified body.

 

Regulatory Affairs

Regulatory affairs is Regulatory Compliance Associates® Inc.’s backbone, and we handle more submissions in a month than many manufacturers do in a lifetime. We have experience working with the FDA, global regulatory bodies and / or agencies, and notified bodies worldwide. Therefore, you can count on us for in-depth and up-to-date insights which increase speed-to-market.

As a trusted regulatory affairs consultant, our FDA veterans and industry experts are here to help you navigate the difficulties associated with new product submissions. They have expertise in both the approval process and post-approval support. 

  • New Product Approval
  • Post-Approval Support
  • Outsourced Staffing
  • EU MDR

 

Compliance Assurance

Increasingly, life science companies are feeling the pressure of greater scrutiny by regulators, and responding by developing sustainable compliance strategies. Whether it’s preparing for an audit, developing a response to an FDA finding, or remediation to an adverse event, Regulatory Compliance Associates® Inc. can help.

Our network of over 500 FDA veterans and industry professionals offers a unique blend of expertise that allows us to handle both simple and complex regulatory compliance challenges within the medical device industry.

  • Gap Assessments
  • Internal Audits
  • Employee Training
  • Notified Body Response

 

Quality Assurance

Regulatory Compliance Associates® Inc.’s Quality Assurance services include quality system assessments, strategy, implementations, and identification of quality metrics to ensure continuous improvement, aligning with your business needs and goals. Our consultants are quality experts with experience spanning major corporations and start-ups. We know firsthand how to achieve, maintain, and improve quality, and we excel in transferring this knowledge to your organization.

In the medical devices field, quality assurance (QA) is more than merely ensuring the quality of a finished product. You need the tools to monitor and regulate every process from the design of a new product to continued quality compliance as the device is sent to market. At RCA, we offer you the assistance you need to monitor these processes and ensure quality compliance every step of the way.

With more than 15 years of experience as a trusted medical device quality assurance consultant, our team of over 500 industry experts and FDA veterans is fully equipped to handle your unique QA needs.

  • ISO13485 
  • 21 CFR 210
  • 21 CFR 211
  • Outsourced Staffing
  • MDSAP
  • Facility Validation
  • Equipment Validation

 

Remediation Support

Regulatory Compliance Associates® Inc. is widely recognized within the life science industry and global regulatory agencies for its ability to help companies successfully resolve complex regulatory challenges, including remediation. With a proven track record of success, we have significant experience with the development of responses to 483 Observations, Warning Letters, Untitled Letters and Consent Decrees.

Our value goes beyond the initial response by helping companies successfully execute their action plans, develop an improved compliance culture tailored to the needs of their business, and ultimately move beyond the regulatory action to emerge as a stronger business. We negotiate difficult demands of remediation with insight and the clear advantage of our unique expertise and experience that makes partnering with RCA® Inc. a competitive differentiator in the remediation space.

  • Quality System
  • Technical File
  • Design History File
  • Data Integrity
  • cGMP 

 

Strategic Consulting

Whether it’s a strategy, a technical plan, or project, Regulatory Compliance Associates® Inc.’s worldwide experience can help ensure a successful mix of people and product so your project is on time, on budget, and you’re never embroiled in a costly mistake.

Our 500 industry and FDA experts are here to provide the unique insight you need before an M&A deal, through a staffing crisis and in every area of your product’s development and life cycle. As the trusted medical device manufacturing consultants of thousands of companies around the world, we have the knowledge and expertise needed to deliver exceptional results to your business — no matter your size or unique needs.

  • Manufacturing Optimization
  • Product Lifecycle Management
  • Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
  • Due Diligence
  • Device Vigilance
  • Product Complaints
  • Medical Information

 

About RCA®

 

Regulatory Compliance Associates (RCA) provides medical device consulting to the following industries for the resolution of life science challenges:

 

 

We understand the complexities of running a life science business and possess areas of expertise that include every facet of R&D, operations, regulatory affairs, quality, and manufacturing. We are used to working on the front lines and thriving in the scrutiny of FDA, Health Canada, MHRA, and globally regulated companies.

 

As your partners, we can negotiate the potential minefield of regulatory compliance and regulatory due diligence with insight, hindsight, and the clear advantage of our unique expertise and experience.

 

  • Founded in 2000
  • Headquartered in Wisconsin (USA)
  • Expertise backed by over 500 industry subject matter experts
  • Acquired by Sotera Health in 2021

 

About Sotera Health®

 

The name Sotera Health was inspired by Soteria, the Greek goddess of safety, and reflects the Company’s unwavering commitment to its mission, Safeguarding Global Health®.

 

Sotera Health Company, along with its three best-in-class businesses – Sterigenics®, Nordion® and Nelson Labs®, is a leading global provider of mission-critical end-to-end sterilization solutions and lab testing and advisory services for the healthcare industry. With a combined tenure across our businesses of nearly 200 years and our industry-recognized scientific and technological expertise, we help to ensure the safety of over 190 million patients and healthcare practitioners around the world every year.

 

We are a trusted partner to more than 5,800 customers in over 50 countries, including 40 of the top 50 medical device companies and 8 of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies.

 

 

To begin the Regulatory Compliance Associates® scoping process today, please enter your information in the blue form below and click the submit button at the bottom of the webpage. 

 

Manufacturing and Facility Validation

Whether you are building a new facility or expanding to your existing operations; installing new capital equipment; re-validating existing equipment/utilities or you have been challenged with compliance deficiencies with your manufacturing operations/equipment, facility, or utility, turn to the experts at Regulatory Compliance Associates® Inc. We can develop and tailor the appropriate facility validation program to help.

 

Manufacturing Support

 

RCA can assist with the entire validation life cycle continuum—starting with the validation strategy / validation master plan through purchase, qualification, and commissioning. We have validation experts that can help and guide you from design qualification, and user requirement definition through factory / site acceptance and through commissioning and qualification.

 

  • Our service solutions include:
  • User requirement specification (URS)
  • Factory acceptance test (FAT)
  • Site acceptance test (SAT)
  • Installation qualification (IQ)
  • Operational qualification (OQ)
  • Process qualification (PQ)

 

Expertise in validation of:

 

  • Equipment
  • Facilities
  • Utilities
  • Computer systems
  • Controls supporting the areas of:
    • Manufacturing
    • Laboratory
    • Utilities
    • Processes
  • Facility validation of existing equipment and operations to stay in compliance
  • Remediation of quality system deficiencies:
    • Manufacturing process
    • Laboratory
    • Equipment
    • Facility

 

RCA can provide Strategic Consulting and services in the following key areas:

 

To begin the Regulatory Compliance Associates scoping process today, please enter your information in the blue form below and click the submit button at the bottom of the webpage. You may also email us at [email protected].

 

Process Validation

Background

A large global medical device manufacturer received a Warning Letter from the FDA as a result of repeat 483 observations for process validation deficiencies. The company needed to remediate validations for more than 500 products and develop a comprehensive risk-based validation program for sustainability. Remediation needed to be completed by the next series of FDA inspections.

Result

The 18-month project delivered 24 updated risk management files and over 1800 unique IQ / OQ / PQ and test method validation studies for the company. RCA provided both classroom and hands-on training to worldwide sites. FDA inspections at client sites resulted in no additional 483 findings related to validation.

Approach

Regulatory Compliance Associates® Inc. developed a risk-prioritized remediation plan with emphasis on regulatory and business risk. Following a survey of existing design and validation data, risk analysis documents for each major product line were generated.

A validation program was developed in concert with the operating requirements of 14 global manufacturing sites. Training was developed and deployed, and RCA provided validation teams at each site to execute validations in conjunction with local professional staff.

 

regulatory compliance

cGMP Compliance

Compliance with current good manufacturing practice (cGMP) is crucial in the medical device industry. cGMP compliance is especially vital if you’re looking to receive regulatory approval. 

RCA Experts were on site helping the client improve adherence to cGMP. A gap assessment was conducted prior to the remediation to maintain this critical compliance through the remediation process, including:

  • Complaints review and assessment
  • Laboratory operation improvements
  • Supplier quality programs and agreements
  • Investigations/CAPAs improvements

Challenge

Remediation needed to occur during continued manufacturing, and significant training was required to maintain a sustaining capability. Gaps in availability of both design and process risk analyses and test method validations (TMVs) needed to be addressed. Simultaneously, process and software validation studies were needed to calibrate automated manufacturing and data collection systems.

 

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Supply Chain Audit

With the Covid-19 pandemic sweeping the globe, manufacturers in the United States and around the world are facing problems keeping their supply chains intact. In this episode of RCA Radio, host Erika Porcelli and guest Susan Schniepp, Regulatory Compliance Associates (RCA) Distinguished Fellow and Parental Drug Association (PDA) Chair-Elect, discuss the problems these companies are facing.

Listen in as we go over supply chain audit effectiveness and oversight of service providers. We break down the different ways companies can work virtually to get audits done successfully. The challenges with recording audit findings and conducting interviews. What companies can do to audit suppliers and maintaining their supply chains. As well as answer the questions; is virtual auditing going to be a long term solution, and what companies can do to maintain oversight of service providers.

 

About RCA’s Pharmaceutical Consulting Services 

 

Regulatory Compliance Associates (RCA) has helped thousands of pharmaceutical companies meet regulatory, compliance, quality assurance, and remediation challenges. With more than 20 years of experience with FDA, Health Canada, EU and global regulatory agencies worldwide, Regulatory Compliance Associates® offers leading pharmaceutical consultants. We’re one of the few pharma consulting companies that can help you navigate the challenges associated with industry regulations.

 

Our pharmaceutical consulting firm includes over 500 seasoned FDA, Health Canada & EU compliance consultants and regulatory affairs experts who understand industry complexities. It’s a pharma consultancy founded by regulatory compliance executives from the pharmaceutical industry. Every pharmaceutical industry consultant on the Regulatory Compliance Associates team knows the unique inner workings of the regulatory process. 

 

Client Solutions

 

Whether you’re in the product planning, development or pharmaceutical lifecycle management stage or need a remediation strategy for a compliance crisis, Regulatory Compliance Associates will guide you through every pharmaceutical consulting step of the regulatory process and create a customized approach depending on your product and your pharma company’s individual needs. Our regulatory compliance clients include:

 

  • Companies new to FDA, Health Canada or EU regulations and regulatory compliance
  • Start-up organizations with novel submissions to 510(k) submissions from multi-national corporations
  • Investment firms seeking private equity due diligence for pre-acquisition and post-deal research
  • Law firms seeking pharmaceutical consulting firm expertise in the remediation of warning letters, consent decrees, 483’s or import bans

 

Regulatory Affairs

 

Regulatory affairs is Regulatory Compliance Associates backbone. We exceed other pharma consulting companies with industry experts experienced in complexities of the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries. Our pharma consulting expertise spans all facets and levels of Regulatory Affairs, from Regulatory Support for New Products to Life Cycle Management, to other services like Outsourced Regulatory Affairs, Submissions, Training, and more.

 

As your partner, we can negotiate the potential assessment minefield of regulatory compliance services with insight, hindsight, and the clear advantage of our breadth and depth of knowledge and regulatory compliance consulting. We offer the following pharma consulting regulatory affairs services for pharmaceutical companies.

 

  • New Product Support
  • Product Lifecycle
  • Other Regulatory Services
  • Combination Products

 

Compliance Assurance

 

The regulations process surrounding pharmaceutical companies can be tricky for even the most experienced industry veteran to understand. Just one misstep could mean significant and lasting consequences for your business. At Regulatory Compliance Associates, we offer the pharma consulting experience and pharma consultants necessary to guide you through the quality compliance process.

 

  • Assessments
  • Audits
  • Regulatory Agency Response
  • Preparation and Training
  • Inspection Readiness
  • Data Integrity

 

Quality Assurance

 

Regulatory Compliance Associates Quality consulting includes assessments, strategy, implementations, staff augmentations, and identification of quality metrics to ensure continuous improvement. Our pharma consultants understand the strategic thinking needed to align your business needs and goals. Regulatory Compliance Associates quality assurance services include quality experts with experience spanning major corporations and start-ups. Our pharmaceutical consulting firm knows firsthand how to achieve, maintain, and improve quality, and we excel in transferring pharma consulting knowledge to your organization.

 

  • 21 CFR Part 11
  • Data Integrity
  • Manufacturing Support
  • Facility Support
  • Quality Metrics

 

Remediation Services 

 

Regulatory Compliance Associates has a proven remediation services approach to managing FDA Warning Letters, Consent Decrees, Remediation and other serious regulatory situations. Our pharma consultants know how to partner with executive, legal, and communication teams. Each RCA pharma consulting Expert will develop a response that will be accepted by the regulatory agency and be realistic to execute.

 

Regulatory Compliance Associates pharma regulatory consultants will develop a comprehensive proof book of documented evidence demonstrating the corrective action taken to remediate non-compliant issues. In addition, each Regulatory Compliance Associates pharma consulting Expert understands compliance enforcement. We’ll prepare a comprehensive pharma consulting strategy to assist in your remediation efforts, drive continuous improvement, and maintain regulatory compliance with the regulations.

 

  • Regulatory Action
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Regulatory Enforcement
  • Warning Letter
  • 483 Observation
  • Oversight Services
  • Risk Management Plan

 

About Regulatory Compliance Associates

 

pharmaceutical consultantsRegulatory Compliance Associates® (RCA) provides pharmaceutical consulting to the following industries for resolution of life science challenges:

 

 

We understand the complexities of running a life science business and possess areas of expertise that include every facet of R&D, operations, regulatory affairs, quality, and manufacturing. We are used to working on the front lines and thriving in the scrutiny of FDA, Health Canada, MHRA and globally-regulated companies.

 

As your partners, we can negotiate the potential minefield of regulatory compliance and regulatory due diligence with insight, hindsight, and the clear advantage of our unique expertise and experience.

 

  • Founded in 2000
  • Headquartered in Wisconsin (USA)
  • Expertise backed by over 500 industry subject matter experts
  • Acquired by Sotera Health in 2021

 

About Sotera Health

 

The name Sotera Health was inspired by Soteria, the Greek goddess of safety, and reflects the Company’s unwavering commitment to its mission, Safeguarding Global Health®.

 

Sotera Health Company, along with its three best-in-class businesses – Sterigenics®, Nordion® and Nelson Labs®, is a leading global provider of mission-critical end-to-end sterilization solutions and lab testing and advisory services for the healthcare industry. With a combined tenure across our businesses of nearly 200 years and our industry-recognized scientific and technological expertise, we help to ensure the safety of over 190 million patients and healthcare practitioners around the world every year.

 

We are a trusted partner to 5,800+ customers in over 50 countries, including 40 of the top 50 medical device companies and 9 of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies.

 

Commitment to Quality

 

Our Certificate of Registration demonstrates that our Quality Management System meets the requirements of ISO 9001:2015, an internationally recognized standard of quality.

 

To begin the Regulatory Compliance Associates scoping process today, please enter your information in the blue form below and click the submit button at the bottom of the webpage.